Asheville Citizen Times; 2/6/2012
Excerpt:   “A surprise announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow John Crockett, Grandfather District Ranger, to speed up improvement of forest health by setting prescribed fires and beating back invasive plants and bugs.
The district in the northern reaches of Pisgah National Forest was one of only 10 forests in the country awarded a windfall late last week for restoration work.
The Grandfather Restoration Project will receive $605,000 through the USDA’s Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration program, which awarded $40 million in funding for forest and watershed restoration projects nationwide for the upcoming year……
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